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adipose fin

noun

  1. a small, fleshy fin, usually lacking rays, behind the main dorsal fin in trouts, catfishes, and other bony fishes.


adipose fin

noun

  1. a posterior dorsal fin occurring in some fish, such as those of the salmon and catfish families
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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There are also three beautiful red spots on the adipose fin.

Towards the tail, and some distance from it, was an adipose fin, that was at least a foot high and fifteen feet long.

This is known as the adipose fin, being formed of fatty substance covered by skin.

In a few catfishes, this adipose fin develops a spine or soft rays.

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